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Author: Liz Benjamin

Both the Romney campaign and the state GOP are strongly denying a Buzzfeed report that a power struggle over delegates has threatened state Chairman Ed Cox’s role (to the degree that he’s got one) at the national convention. Citing anonymous sources familiar with the situation, Buzzfeed’s Rosie Gray says Cox, who was recently elected chair… …

Both the Romney campaign and the state GOP are strongly denying a Buzzfeed report that a power struggle over delegates has threatened state Chairman Ed Cox’s role (to the degree that he’s got one) at the national convention. Citing anonymous sources familiar with the situation, Buzzfeed’s Rosie Gray says Cox, who was recently elected chair… …

Manhattan GOP Chairman Dan Isaacs sent out this invite to a fund-raiser being held in New York City tonight to kick off the state GOP’s new Hispanic Coalition. One of the event’s headliners is former Gov. George Pataki, whose wooing of Hispanic voters (remember “Amigos de Pataki” anyone?) was key to his election to a… …

Manhattan GOP Chairman Dan Isaacs sent out this invite to a fund-raiser being held in New York City tonight to kick off the state GOP’s new Hispanic Coalition. One of the event’s headliners is former Gov. George Pataki, whose wooing of Hispanic voters (remember “Amigos de Pataki” anyone?) was key to his election to a… …

ICYMI in this morning’s CapTon memo (if you’re interested in receiving it, please hit the “subscribe” button on the Capital Tonight home page), Gov. Andrew Cuomo had another moment of questionable optics on the topic of campaign finance reform yesterday. Hours after he spoke at length with reporters about the evils of money in politics… …

ICYMI in this morning’s CapTon memo (if you’re interested in receiving it, please hit the “subscribe” button on the Capital Tonight home page), Gov. Andrew Cuomo had another moment of questionable optics on the topic of campaign finance reform yesterday. Hours after he spoke at length with reporters about the evils of money in politics… …

…catchy music (in both English and Spanish) and some flashy graphics, apparently. Sen. Jeff Klein, head of the Independent Democratic Conference, is reportedly thinking of throwing the support of his four-member conference and its PAC behind several insurgent Democrats who are challenging incumbent members of the minority conference. Yesterday, Klein declined to rule out potentially… …

…catchy music (in both English and Spanish) and some flashy graphics, apparently. Sen. Jeff Klein, head of the Independent Democratic Conference, is reportedly thinking of throwing the support of his four-member conference and its PAC behind several insurgent Democrats who are challenging incumbent members of the minority conference. Yesterday, Klein declined to rule out potentially… …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in New York City with no public schedule. Sen. Adriano Espaillat is scheduled to make an “important campaign announcement” at 6 p.m. at the Fort George Presbyterian Church (1525 Saint Nicholas Ave., Manhattan). This is widely expected to be a launch of his re-election bid. The Cuomo administration is hosting two… …

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in New York City with no public schedule. Sen. Adriano Espaillat is scheduled to make an “important campaign announcement” at 6 p.m. at the Fort George Presbyterian Church (1525 Saint Nicholas Ave., Manhattan). This is widely expected to be a launch of his re-election bid. The Cuomo administration is hosting two… …